Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS England and NHS Improvement North East – North East & Yorkshire
Darlington
DL3 7DR
Telephone
+44 1642746918
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKC - North East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home
Additional information can be obtained from another address:
North of England Commissioning Support
John Snow House, Durham University Science Park
County Durham
DH1 3YG
Telephone
+44 1642746918
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKC1 - Tees Valley and Durham
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
NHSE556 – Request for Information - Intermediate Minor Oral Surgery Services.
Reference number
NHSE556
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
North of England Commissioning Support is working for and on behalf of NHS England & NHS Improvement - North East & Yorkshire (the Contracting Authority) who are conducting a Request for Information (RFI) exercise in order to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market to provide Intermediate Minor Oral Surgery Services.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £15,241,698
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85100000 - Health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
North of England Commissioning Support is working for and on behalf of NHS England & NHS Improvement - North East & Yorkshire (the Contracting Authority) and is managing the procurement process for the provision of Intermediate Minor Oral Surgery Services.
The Contracting Authority is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to engage with the market and to gather information in order to gain a better understanding of both the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed services, and to alert the market to a future tender opportunity.
It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published in Find a Tender and on Contracts Finder (approximately August 2021).
It should also be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process.
This PIN/RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise.
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (In-Tend) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access the RFI documentation and submit their completed RFI.
The In-Tend e-Tendering portal can be found at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home
Please follow the registration instructions (if you are not already registered) and look for the project NHSE556 Request for Information – Intermediate Minor Oral Surgery Services.
Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet connection.
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.
The RFI documentation will be accessible from 17 May 2021 and completed RFI responses must be submitted by 2 June 2021.
two.2.14) Additional information
Any future procurement for Intermediate Minor Oral Surgery will incorporate the UK Governments new Social Value Model and the RFI specifically requests potential providers views on Social Value in relation to Intermediate Minor Oral Surgery Services.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
18 May 2021
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The RFI documentation will be accessible from 17 May 2021 and completed RFI responses must be returned by 2 June 2021.
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